BREAKING Vijay Rupani, Former Gujarat CM, Dies In Air India Ahmedabad-London Plane Crash

Ahmedabad: Vijay Rupani, former Gujarat Chief Minister, has died in Air India London plane which crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday. The former Chief Minister was travelling to London and was supposed to return with his wife.

The Air India Ahmedabad-London flight crashed with 242 passengers onboard crashed just minutes after it took off from the Ahmedabad airport.

A 52-second video has surfaced showing the plane struggling to elevate after it took off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday and unfortunately crashed in the residential area in Ahmedabad. The plane crashed into a doctor's hostel of a medical college.

Reports said that besides the casualties in the plane crash, many are feared dead who were present in the medical hostel.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who addressed the press on Thursday night and hours after the plane crash incident, shared his sorrow on the tragic accident and assured government's support to relief and rescue operations. 

Amit Shah said that the Air India flight had around 1.25 lakh litre of fuel in its tank when it crashed in Ahmedabad, making it hard for the authorities to carry out the rescue operation. The AI-171 flight turned into a fireball soon after its crash.

Huge plumes of smoke were seen billowing from the incident site after the plane crash.

Another video of the disastrous plane crash had emerged showing smoke arising from the crash site as seen by the passengers from the Ahmedabad airport.

A confirmed death toll in the Air India plane crash is yet to be confirmed by the government or aviation authorities. However, reports suggest that over 200 passengers have died in the ill-fated Air India flight crash. 

The Gujarat state authorities are also collecting the samples of the kins of the victims in order to confirm the identity of those who lost their lives in the tragic plane crash.

Though, the Ahmedabad Police Commissioner earlier today in a statement expressed doubt of anybody surviving the incident, but miraculously, British national who was seated on 11A survived the plane crash and was seen walking. Some reports suggested that he was able to jump out of the emergency exit. He was soon rushed to the nearest hospital and is being treated.